A UK teenager was in a serious condition in hospital yesterday after being hit by an ambulance as it answered a 999 call.
The boy, who is believed to be 14, suffered “significant” head injuries in the accident with the South Western Ambulance Service vehicle in Bath, Somerset.
He was taken to the city’s Royal United Hospital after the accident at the junction of London Road and Snow Hill near the River Avon.
“Due to the serious condition of the patient, police gave permission for the ambulance to leave the scene to take him to hospital,” a spokesman said. (AP)
Stowaway cat in long trip
A well-travelled cat has been placed in quarantine after it endured a 2,200-mile (3,540km) journey from Egypt to Britain inside its unwitting owner’s suitcase.
Bisou, who was accidentally zipped inside the case in Cairo, is said to have been extremely fortunate to survive the freezing temperatures inside the cargo hold on a five-hour flight from the Egyptian capital to London.
The seven-year-old Persian cat, who is believed to have hopped into the bag for a nap, was only discovered after her owner, Mervat Ciuiti, had touched down in Britain and was heading in a taxi to visit her sister in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. (AP)
Hands-free toilet visits
A quarter of men admit to sitting down on the toilet to urinate so they are “hands-free” to continue using their mobile phone, a survey claims.
The eternal battle between men and women over the male proclivity for leaving the loo seat up could soon be a thing of the past, according to results of the poll by phone company Sony and O2.
Three-quarters of people of both sexes polled said they used their phone while on the toilet, and half said they took their handset with them when they had a bath. (PA)
Student fries hamster
A student who fried a hamster has been ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work in the community.
James White, 21, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the female Syrian hamster after a court accepted it could not be established whether the animal was alive when it went into the pan.
District Judge Roy Anderson told White he was sentencing him on the basis the rodent had died minutes before, when the defendant was handling it. (AP)